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The Marketing Development Scheme (Specification of Activities) Order 1994

S.I. 1994/1404 · Made 24 May 1994

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AGRICULTURE

Made 24th May 1994

Laid before Parliament 25th May 1994

Coming into force 15th June 1994

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the power conferred upon them by section 50(2)(c) of the Agriculture Act 1993f1, hereby make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1993 c. 37.

Contents

  1. 1Title and commencement
  2. 2Activities specified for the purposes of section 50(2) of the Agriculture Act 1993
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Title and commencement

This Order ma be cited as the Marketing Development Scheme (Specification of Activities) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 15th June 1994.

2Activities specified for the purposes of section 50(2) of the Agriculture Act 1993

(1)

The following activities are hereby specified for the purposes of section 50(2) of the Agriculture Act 1993—

(a)

the shooting and harvesting in the wild of game; and

(b)

the repeated harvesting above ground level at intervals of less than ten years of short rotation coppice.

(2)

In paragraph (1) of this article—

(a)

“game” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Poaching Prevention Act 1862f1; and

(b)

“short rotation coppice” means a perennial crop of tree species which has been planted at high density.

Signature

In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 23rd May 1994.

L.S.

Gillian Shephard

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food James

Douglas-Hamilton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

24th May 1994

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Wyn Roberts

Minister of State, Welsh Office

23rd May 1994

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

1

This Order specifies the following activities, namely—

(a)

the shooting and harvesting in the wild of game; and

(b)

the repeated harvesting above ground level at intervals of less than ten years of short rotation coppice,

for the purposes of section 50(2) of the Agriculture Act 1993 (1993 c. 37). 2.“Game” and “short rotation coppice” are defined in article 2(2) of this Order.